Barley Beast - Copper Fox Barrel Edition
Water's End Brewery
- From:
- Water's End Brewery
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American Barleywine
- ABV:
- 10.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 30, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 11, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Several different malts from Copper Fox Distillery were used in the base beer, which have a very distinct flavor and aroma. If you’ve ever been to Copper Fox, then you may agree Barley Beast aged in the Copper Fox Rye barrel smells just like a tour of the distillery: grain, wood, smoke and whiskey all beautifully mixed up. Expect intensely complex flavors of rye grain, spice and dry wood.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.81/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.81/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bottle:
A slightly burnished copper with a decent head considering the barrel treatment. A bit of a light haze that detracts slightly.
A nice toffee, cinnamon-like spice, young wood, and whiskey notes - all balanced quite nicely.
Taste has some oddities I ended up liking: light brown sugar sweetness backed by an odd lemon-lime soda aspect that morphed into a ginger-like flavor. That came about with warmth as the more distinct rye spice moved forward.
Actually a nicely balanced beer with barrel notes well represented. The base beer is what I’m not entirely sold on technically, but for enjoyability this worked well.
Mar 30, 2019A slightly burnished copper with a decent head considering the barrel treatment. A bit of a light haze that detracts slightly.
A nice toffee, cinnamon-like spice, young wood, and whiskey notes - all balanced quite nicely.
Taste has some oddities I ended up liking: light brown sugar sweetness backed by an odd lemon-lime soda aspect that morphed into a ginger-like flavor. That came about with warmth as the more distinct rye spice moved forward.
Actually a nicely balanced beer with barrel notes well represented. The base beer is what I’m not entirely sold on technically, but for enjoyability this worked well.
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